Modos de representación en los distritos: ¿diputados al servicio de los partidos o de los electores?: los casos de Chile y Bolivia

This paper provides empirical evidence on a topic that has been hardly analyzed in Latin America: representatives modes of representation. It specifically focuses on whether representatives promote party interests or constituency interests. Data have been obtained from surveys applied to representat...

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Autores: Barreda, Mikel, Ruiz Rodríguez, Leticia María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/93093
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/93093
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:modos de representación
actividad distrital
Chile
Bolivia
modes of representation
district activity
congressmen
formes de representació
activitat en els districtes
parlamentaris
Xile
Bolívia
Election districts
Districtes electorals
Distritos electorales
Descripción
Sumario:This paper provides empirical evidence on a topic that has been hardly analyzed in Latin America: representatives modes of representation. It specifically focuses on whether representatives promote party interests or constituency interests. Data have been obtained from surveys applied to representatives and political advisers from Chilean and Bolivian main political parties. Two are the key arguments. First, despite representatives' generalized preference for defending district interests' more than party interests, significant differences between Bolivian and Chilean deputies are found. Second, exploratory analysis shows the multicausal nature of representatives' interests, including variables related to representatives, their parties as well as their socio-economic and institutional environment.